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Skinmed
November 2023
Department of Dermatology and Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ;
Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) is a rare autosomal recessive disease; relatively mild XP patients are sometimes designated as having pigmented xerodermoid or xerodermoid pigmentosum (XP-V), a variant of XP. It is commonly associated with many long-standing skin conditions and tumors, including malignancies, management of which is necessary to prevent the progress of the disease. The objective of the study was to evaluate an innovative therapeutic treatment, beyond surgery, surgical excision, cryotherapy, electrocautery and curettage, or Mohs surgery, for the management of skin tumors in XP.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Ascites is the most common complication of decompensated cirrhosis of liver requiring paracentesis for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. The ascitic fluid leak can develop after paracentesis in patients with cirrhosis leading to significant morbidity if persistent. We aimed to study the incidence and predictors of post-paracentesis leak in patients with ascites.
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August 2022
Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Vancouver General Hospital, British Columbia, Canada.
The hospital can be saturated with noxious smells. Anecdotally, medical staff apply products to surgical masks to lessen the impact of these smells. This study aimed to determine the odour-masking ability of 4 inexpensive and convenient products.
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August 2022
Department of Otolaryngology, Kafkas University, Faculty of Medicine, Kars, Turkey.
Different topical agents have been used to accelerate wound healing. The purpose of this study is to compare the safety and efficacy of topical application of the extract of Hypericum perforatum (HPE), povidone iodine (PI), tincture benzoin (TB) and tretinoin (T) on surgical wound healing. Ten adult female, Wistar albino rats were included in the study.
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August 2021
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Liaquat National Hospital and Medical College, Karachi, PAK.
Introduction Cleft lip and cleft palate are among the most common birth defects. These deformities lead to profound psychosocial and functional effects on cleft palate patients. Several surgical techniques have been described for the repair of the cleft.
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